Book an Audit Inspection:
Pick the site you are least sure about.
An audit that can save you the cost of a clean.
You are accountable for a system you cannot see, cleaned by somebody else, on a schedule somebody else set. Our partners at KitchenSafe open it, measure it, and give you the evidence either way.
Book an Audit Inspection(through our partner KitchenSafe)
If you approve an Alpha cleaning quote, the KitchenSafe inspection fee is credited back against your clean.
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Problem
The standard sets a number. Almost nobody measures it.
AS 1851-2012 says grease should not exceed 0.2 mm averaged across your exhaust system, or 2 mm at any single point.
That measurement is taken inside the ductwork and at the roof fan. Your cleaner reaches the first metre.
Council inspections do not close the gap. They are occasional, limited to what can be seen inside the kitchen, and do not extend to removing filters or climbing to a roof fan.
The stakes
Then the building surveyor asks for the file
Where your occupancy permit lists mechanical ventilation as an essential safety measure, the kitchen exhaust sits inside your annual reporting obligation.
Under Regulation 225, your municipal building surveyor can request the records, and they must be at the building within 24 hours, going back ten years.
Insurers want the same evidence, and they tend to ask for it at claim time.
Buildings come up short for one reason. The work was booked as a clean rather than as a service with a certificate behind it.
Guide
The people who audit your system do not quote the clean
Nobody sets out to become an expert in ductwork. You inherited a system you cannot see, and you are the one who answers for it.
Our technicians already work this way on filters. They change the ones sitting over the grease and leave the rest, rather than pulling all twelve across a range hood.
Cleaning · HVAC · Construction · Filter Exchange
Work carried out to AS 1851-2012, AS 1668.2:2024 and AS/NZS 3666.2:2011
Plan
Three steps, starting with one site
We open it and measure it:
Photographs, grease readings, hazard report, every model number recorded.
You decide what happens next:
The work is scoped to what the system actually needs, on one schedule with one account manager.
Audit outcomes
There are two outcomes, and both of them are useful
If the system is compliant
You receive a certificate of compliance, the photographs and our recommended next service date. You have paid for an audit inspection and avoided a clean you did not need.
If it is not
You receive the same evidence plus a scope covering the part of the system that needs work, and the audit inspection fee comes off the quote when you approve it.
Success
From hoping it was done, to holding the evidence
- 01
Records that answer a building surveyor inside the 24 hours
- 02
A clean scoped to the part of the system that needs it
- 03
Quotes a committee can approve, with photographs behind them
- 04
Faults repaired on the visit by the crew already on site, who hold electrical and refrigeration licences
Proof
Ten years on one five star hotel group's kitchens
Canopy cleaning first. Then their air conditioning on contract. Then a $380,000 limestone floor rejuvenation, taking the account to around $500,000 a year.
None of it was planned. It came from documenting the work properly.
Transparency & savings
Alpha Hospitality Australia
“At Alpha Hospitality, we prioritize complete transparency. By partnering with KitchenSafe for pre-clean audits—complete with photo-backed reports and compliance certification—we ensure our clients only pay for the cleaning they actually need, delivering verified safety and real savings.”
Ford Motor Company
“We use KitchenSafe’s photo-backed reports and certificates to guarantee full compliance for our clients before booking cleans. It stops over-servicing and passes genuine savings directly to the venues we serve.”
Not ready to have anyone on site?
Send the question instead. Tell us what your current contractor has said about the system, or send through the last report you were given, and we will tell you what it covers.
Ask a questionAudit
Start with the site you are least sure about
Our partners open the system, measure the grease, and give you the report either way.
If you approve an Alpha cleaning quote, the KitchenSafe inspection fee is credited back against your clean.
Alpha Hospitality AustraliaARC Auth. No: AU066271Open Weekdays 9AM–5PM